| NET Bible | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1Then Bildad the Shuhite answered: | 1Then Bildad the Shuhite replied: |
| 2"How long until you make an end of words? You must consider, and then we can talk. | 2How long until you stop talking? Show some sense, and then we can talk. |
| 3Why should we be regarded as beasts, and considered stupid in your sight? | 3Why are we regarded as cattle, as stupid in your sight? |
| 4You who tear yourself to pieces in your anger, will the earth be abandoned for your sake? Or will a rock be moved from its place? | 4You who tear yourself in anger-- should the earth be abandoned on your account, or a rock be removed from its place? |
| 5"Yes, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; his flame of fire does not shine. | 5Yes, the light of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow. |
| 6The light in his tent grows dark; his lamp above him is extinguished. | 6The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him is put out. |
| 7His vigorous steps are restricted, and his own counsel throws him down. | 7His powerful stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up. |
| 8For he has been thrown into a net by his feet and he wanders into a mesh. | 8For his own feet lead him into a net, and he strays into its mesh. |
| 9A trap seizes him by the heel; a snare grips him. | 9A trap catches him by the heel; a noose seizes him. |
| 10A rope is hidden for him on the ground and a trap for him lies on the path. | 10A rope lies hidden for him on the ground, and a snare waits for him along the path. |
| 11Terrors frighten him on all sides and dog his every step. | 11Terrors frighten him on every side and harass him at every step. |
| 12Calamity is hungry for him, and misfortune is ready at his side. | 12His strength is depleted; disaster lies ready for him to stumble. |
| 13It eats away parts of his skin; the most terrible death devours his limbs. | 13Parts of his skin are eaten away; death's firstborn consumes his limbs. |
| 14He is dragged from the security of his tent, and marched off to the king of terrors. | 14He is ripped from the security of his tent and marched away to the king of terrors. |
| 15Fire resides in his tent; over his residence burning sulfur is scattered. | 15Nothing he owned remains in his tent. Burning sulfur is scattered over his home. |
| 16Below his roots dry up, and his branches wither above. | 16His roots below dry up, and his branches above wither away. |
| 17His memory perishes from the earth, he has no name in the land. | 17All memory of him perishes from the earth; he has no name anywhere. |
| 18He is driven from light into darkness and is banished from the world. | 18He is driven from light to darkness and chased from the inhabited world. |
| 19He has neither children nor descendants among his people, no survivor in those places he once stayed. | 19He has no children or descendants among his people, no survivor where he used to live. |
| 20People of the west are appalled at his fate; people of the east are seized with horror, saying, | 20Those in the west are appalled at his fate, while those in the east tremble in horror. |
| 21Surely such is the residence of an evil man; and this is the place of one who has not known God.'" | 21Indeed, such is the dwelling of the unjust man, and this is the place of the one who does not know God. |
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